Aberdeen Back where it all began

[kitchin75]

well done loving this keep it up you should defo do a save with ajax i have a save going with them and the amount of really good youth you start with and get every intake is unreal

 

[OoscotsmanoO]

Omg, what did you do to my beloved Kilmarnock haha

That's a cricket score.

 

[Mr_Grieves]

Betfred League Cup Final 2023

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Aberdeen vs Dundee
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A repeat of the first Cup final we had in 2016. We thumped them on that day with goals from Rooney, Jack, McGinn & McLean




Aberdeen 3-0 Dundee
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And today was no different. We only scored 2 goals this time but Dundee only had 1 shot the whole game. We wanted this trophy back and we took it, destroying Celtic along the way.




Current Hall of Fame rating
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Just to show you how far we have to go domestically i am now the most "successful" Aberdeen boss on points anyway. Wont pass Sir Alex without a Champions League or Europa League title. But im only half way to overtaking the Old Firm managers from the 1920s to the 1980s



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[Mr_Grieves]

December




If Carlsberg did months they would have 7 wins out of 7 with 6 clean sheets and top spot in the Champions League




Fixtures


Champions League Match 6
Aberdeen 5-0 Viktoria Plzen
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A Huge win for my reserve players and even better Chelsea held Bayern to a draw meaning thanks to 1 more away goal against Bayern we finish ahead of them to top the table

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Thank you Chelsea. There boring 0-0 draw with Bayern who have led the group since the group kicked off cost them top spot and we now moved into top spot right at the end thanks to our 2 goals in Munich





Aberdeen 3-0 Partick
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Hibs 1-3 Aberdeen
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John McGinn was the only player to put a goal past us but we still win comfortably


Aberdeen 8-0 Falkirk
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The seasons standard thrashing that falls just short of the 10 goals we need for the record win.


Celtic 0-4 Aberdeen
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Just made sure that Celtic had any lingering thoughts of a title challenge.


Aberdeen 3-0 Raith
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Aberdeen 3-0 Hearts
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SPFL Table
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Gap at the top moves to 13 points over Rangers who over take a Celtic team that picks up a habit of loosing to smaller teams pushing them out of 2nd.





Last 16 Draw
We draw Napoli a team we've faced 4 times all in the Champions League Group phase where we only won 1 game.
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[Mr_Grieves]

January




Fixtures


Forfar 0-6 Aberdeen
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Rangers 1-3 Aberdeen
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Kilmarnock 0-4 Aberdeen
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Dundee 0-1 Aberdeen
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Scottish Cup 4th Round
Inverness CT 1-4 Aberdeen
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SPFL Table
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Remember a 10 games ago when we were in a title battle? Well the old firm have been abysmal letting Dundee, Hibs & Hearts catch up. At the bottom Forfar have had a good run to catch up with Morton & Killie look in trouble.




Transfer Window


World Transfer
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All the big moves involve the Spanish teams and Hoffenheim who sold there star player Kuki, Who Klippybo signed in our Aston Villa vs Newcastle save. Now i'm scared. Former Don who im sure was having an affair with our physio, Serge Gnabry moved to China




SPL Transfers
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Aged Leigh Griffiths has hit the wall and moves to Elbar for £120k, He's replaced with Partick lead forward Chris Munro. Hibs sold there best player and Scottish starter Ben McIlroy, i considered buying him but he deserves to play every week something thats not going to happen at Aberdeen right now. Rangers sell long time no 1 Robby McCrorie to Villa and dont replace him.




Aberdeen


In
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Two come in one is going to turn out to be my best signing in the save so far. I was trying to buy Jose Henrique for £7-£10m in the last 2 seasons but i could never get him or his team Flamingo to agree a deal. Suddenly on new years day he was sitting on a free so with Roca wanting to leave for first team action and now capped by Brazil i cant hide my delight that he chose us over Benfica the only other major team bidding for him, Our second signing all started with a laugh in our first champions league game. I uttered the words "haha Knobloch" and when i hovered over him i stopped laughing. There's a decent player there. The timing may have got me paying a bit much but Czech players usually do good by me so we'll hope this happens again.




Out
Marc Roca

Played 169 - Goals 13 - Av Raiting 7.19
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Roca joined as we were turning into a Champions League team. He did a great job while Adam Smith & Martin Neil developed into a first team player. Sadly for him Thierry Richard came in on a free and he plummeted down the order and requested this move for first team football. Did a great job for us


Youngster Calvin Forbes was out drinking and was starting to loose his spot in the U19 so with the big teams come bidding i was happy to send him off as a example to other kids.


Wilson, Haskan & Strok demanded a loan move for some first team action while Donald & Megginson need it.
We also agreed to sell our two oldest and dearest players Borja Garcia & Ben Gibson in the summer as we try and move on with the younger players.



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[NeverChosenOne]

This, along with TheLuckDuck's career story, are the two that have really got me back into Football Manager 2017 after a rough start. I've even been inspired by the idea, with two small differences. Firstly, I'm English, so that adds an unusual spin, and secondly I have a soft spot for Hearts so I'm taking them and Scotland over.

KUTGW!

 

[Mr_Grieves]

This, along with TheLuckDuck's career story, are the two that have really got me back into Football Manager 2017 after a rough start. I've even been inspired by the idea, with two small differences. Firstly, I'm English, so that adds an unusual spin, and secondly I have a soft spot for Hearts so I'm taking them and Scotland over.

KUTGW!

Could choose far worse than Hearts my man. Apart from Aberdeen there only other team in the SPL that have a base of players from the very start that i think you can enjoy success with, i'e not finishing bottom half going after the cups if Celtic slip up and with Paterson and the keeper maybe others there are players to make a long term save around. Best of luck!

 

[Mr_Grieves]

February


As we scraped past Hibs my assistant pointed out that we are still yet to be beaten in all competitions this season in fact its almost a year since Barcelona beat us 3-0 in the Nou Camp




Fixtures

Abrdeen 3-0 Morton
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Aberdeen 3-0 Rangers
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Thanks to our electric start we had a 3 goal lead long before Richard's red card


Partick 1-5 Aberdeen
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Scottish Cup 5th Round
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Stranraer 0-3 Aberdeen
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One of our furthest away trips of the Scottish season. 2 hours south of Glasgow, closer to Northern Ireland than Glasgow


Champions League Last 16 1st leg
Napoli 0-2 Aberdeen
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A goal at the start and a goal at the end. 2 way goals and a clean sheet sets us up perfectly for the 2nd leg


Aberdeen 1-1 Hibs
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A rare day where we were really up against it. A goal down a player down over 5 minutes in the first half and no spare midfielder on the bench. We went attacking after a half time assertive team talk and Klein as usual delivered to keep our long unbeaten run.




SPFL Table
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23 points clear at the top and if results go our way we will wrap it up in March. The old firm are in a titanic battle for 2nd while Dundee lead Hearts & Hibs for 4th, there all set for the top 6. 7th to 11th are split by 5 points also Killie are 5 points adrift at the bottom and 15 of there 24 goals have come from my u19 striker Ross Douglas while 3rd in the league top scorer in our on loan striker Paul Hay!



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[Mr_Grieves]

March


Another League title is secured, we still have not lost a game all season and including last year our run is over 50 games without defeat




Fixtures

Aberdeen 2-0 Celtic
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We dropped points to Hibs last time out and with a weeks rest we would not do the same with Celtic


Falkirk 0-3 Aberdeen
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Scottish Cup Q/F
Aberdeen 5-1 Dundee Utd
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No sign of a new firm revival and there best hope of promotion is now a play off


Champions League Last 16 2nd leg
Aberdeen 6-1 Napoli
Aberdeen 8-1 Napoli - AGG
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We just had to be smart and play to keep a clean sheet. Our attack took a hit with Pajic getting injured practically from the kick off. Or Was it? Aberdeen went mental on a team that have finished in the top 2 of Serie A for 5 of the last 6 seasons. Klein's hattrick puts him closer to the golden boot than he's ever been but is still 3 behind Suarez and lets face it who's going further in the competition. Needless to say Richard's last minute red card is mega annoying


Raith 0-2 Aberdeen
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No European hang over this time as we secured the title.


Aberdeen 4-1 Forfar
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SPFL Table
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As we approach the split Celtic pull 5 points and many goals clear of Rangers at the same time as Dundee close the gap on them. Ross Douglas is giving Killie a shot at survival. Why on earth did i loan him out? Anyone in the bottom half can still go down.


SPL record hunt

From the long list at the start of the year only 2 still look possibly and that's being polite


Hearts 132 goals
we need 31 goals from 7 games. Hard to see us scoring 5 goals a game against the top 6 teams while facing Man utd and a Scottish Cup semi


Clean sheets in a season 23 Sam Johnstone
Ali only needs 2 more to break the record




Champions League Quarter Final Draw
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We play my favorite team Man Utd. 1st leg at Pittodrie too. Care to dream the impossible




Scotland Friendly
Scotland 4-3 Cape Verde
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A try out game for some back up players trying to get a spot in the finals squad



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[Mr_Grieves]

April




There's heartbreak then there's whatever you want to call this. Read on if you have a stock of kleenex




Fixtures


Aberdeen 7-0 Kilmarnock
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Great effort to try and the goals record


Champions League Q/F 1st Leg
Aberdeen 2-1 Man Utd
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A great performance and the deserved result. Gomez's own goal was a sad blot on what could have been a great night.


Hearts 0-4 Aberdeen
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Champions League Q/F 2nd Leg
Man Utd 3-1 Aberdeen
Man Utd 4-3 Aberdeen AGG
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Today i'll change my layout for the matches. Mainly as this show how ridiculously close we were to dragging United to penaltys. The 2nd leg was much the same as the 1st a close but good game until career Don Alan Grangier got sent off. From then on United were the dominant team both had a chance right at the death but Extra time was destined. United had all the chances but in the last 5 minutes the laid siege to our goal and eventually after the final whistle was due Balde Keita stuck his Balde head onto a Kovalenko through ball to win the game. Everything towards the end went through Kovalenko, how his average rating is so low i'll never know. This was by a mile the most gutting defeat we've had due to the stage in the contest, how close the game was, the red card and last of all it ended our unbeaten run of 58 games in all competiton.

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Scottish Cup S/F
Dunfermline 0-7 Aberdeen
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We had 10 days to recover and after some complaints from Klein, Richard and Hock we took all our aggression out on the Div 1 defense


Celtic too were in the mood against Dundee and the two best teams will once again bring the curtain down on the Scottish season.
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SPFL Table
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Very little change as we go into the break. Hibs are taking the fight to the old firm as Dundee & Hearts look set to fight for 5th. In the bottom half Falkirk & Partick Thistle should be safe but still nobody in the bottom half is safe.



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[Mr_Grieves]

May




Fixtures

Aberdeen 3-0 Hibs
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Pajic with a hatrick may have secured the AMR spot for next season


Celtic 1-0 Aberdeen
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We had a whole 2nd half to react to Celtic's opening goal. It was our first defeat in the SPL all season one that i never seen coming.


Aberdeen 4-0 Dundee
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Rangers 0-1 Aberdeen
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Hearts 1-4 Aberdeen
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SPFL Table
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Aberdeen win the league by miles as always. Celtic, Hibs and Rangers are joined by Dundee in Europe. Kilmarnock finished bottom despite my on loan striker Ross Douglas scoring 23 of there 36 goals. Forfar will have to fight for there spot in the legue finishing 6 goals behind Raith.




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[Mr_Grieves]

Scottish Cup Final 2024

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Aberdeen vs Celtic
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Line ups
Like our last cup final 2 years ago we face Celtic. This is a much younger team with only 4 players starting from the 2022 line up. On the other hand we have only 3 changes.



Aberdeen 1-0 Celtic
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The result however was exactly the same. A strike from Matthias Klein after only 4 minutes was all the goals we had in this final where we win back to trophy we handed away last season.

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[Mr_Grieves]

End of Season 2023/24



Scotland
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A dropped points at the start of the season made it very unlikely that we could go after the majority of the league records we were targeting and after keeping almost all our players and our 4 best players i was quite disappointed by that and it made me see that most of the records may be impossible to break. At least Msakni broke the clean sheets in a season record with 26 clean sheets in 38 games

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Klein got the Scottish cup scorers record and the dons goals in a season record.
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Updated League goals still on the to do list
Celtic's 25 games won in a row
Hearts 132 goals
Rangers league record 35 wins
Biggest League Win Celtic 9-0 Aberdeen
Clean sheets in a row 8 Hibs




Celtic's player turn around got them back into 2nd place, Great work by Hartley who was on the verge of the sack last season. Hibs drop down to 2nd which is nothing to be ashamed of after loosing there best player. Hopfully they can keep a hold of Connolly up front. Rangers free and cheep signings kept them in that battle. They would be better if the didnt play £6m signing Patrick Bamford. Dundee returned to the top 6 scoring big with there loans, 5 of there top 10 players are just in for the season. Hearts squad never really changes and the keep there top 6 spot with that. The bottom 6 was closer than its ever been and until the later stages it was anyone's game over teams that would go down but towards the end Kilmarnock just couldnt do anything without Douglas and as the worst team deserved bottom spot. Forfar worked miracles to make it to the playoffs with there resources

Forfar do it again. They beat Dundee United in the playoffs for the 2nd season in a row. Our on loan striker John Megginson got them over the line.

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Hamilton bounce right back to the SPL winning the championship, in League 1 Dunfermline held off an amaing challenge from Hawick to take the title while Peterhead won League 2.



Brechin lost there league spot in the League 2 play off to East Kilbride

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Back to Aberdeen for a moment and the u20's were the stars of the year getting to the U19s Champions League final loosing in the most amazing game to Feyenoord 5-4

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Donald Arena to open for 2026/27
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I can also confirm that for the first time in my FM career, that i can recall i've got a stadium named after me. Huge costs for a 30k stadium but hopfully we can extend. Thanks to all the youth players and wheeling and dealing that made this possible.






Big League review
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Chelsea only lost 2 games and that was enough to stop Man City and there Dybala dynasty. He scored 28 goals, 9 more than anyone else. Man City and Tottenham join them in the Champions League, ****** United. Liverpool finish 10th
What a fight at the top between the Madrid giants which ended with a 1 point margin, Atletico had the head to head advantage too so deserved the title. Barca finished in no mans land 12 points back but miles clear of the 4th place fight.
5 seasons in a row Inter finished 3rd and now they win there first title in over 10 years. No prolific players, Napoli had two of the top players, Roma had the two top scorers but it means nothing without the title. The real story of the season is Juventus dropping all the way down to 6th, the last Europa league spot.
Monaco win there 4th Ligue 1 title in a row by there largest margin, 12 points. PSG were closer to 3rd.


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For the 2nd time in the save Bayern dont win the Bundasliga. Leverkusen matched there 2019/20 title with there 2nd in recent times.




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Aberdeen
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Back to full health and Klein rewarded us with his best seasons scoring 67 goals in all competition. After him it was our 4 wingers Hock, Granger, Lozano and newbie Pajic who took his chance following Ross Maccauley's injury ravaged season. Joel Gomez was our best defender in his first season while Adam Smith prove himself as the countrys best holding midfielder. Can he show that at Euro 2024 though?






Aberdeen Fans player awards
Matthias Klein
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That makes sense but 23 year old Hock young Player of the year, a week after requesting a transfer?






Aberdeen Finances
Final Balance £34m -£38m
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We actually maded a few million about £3-£4m but the costs of the new stadium hit the balance hard. May have too wheel and deal this summer to build up the bank again.






Other Competitions




Champions League
Man Utd 0-1 Barcelona AET
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Man Utd got a taste of there own medecine with late drama as center back Emanuel Mammana headed the winner before a late Javi Martinez red card ended Uniteds dream with a 3rd final defeat to Barcelona in a row




Europa League
Tottenham 1-0 Liverpool
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Spurs won the all England final, beating Chelsea in the way to the final. Look how close Hibs ran the eventual runner ups






Scottish Teams in Europe
Aberdeen - Champions League Quarter Finals
Hibs - Europa League Last 16
Celtic - Europa League Last 32
Rangers - Europa League Group Stage
Hearts - Europa League Play-Off


3 teams in Europe after christmas for the first time and when we did it took Man Utd, Liverpool & Lyon to knock us out. Best season so far for the Scots. Next step is for sure 2 teams in the Champions League Groups






******
European Rankings
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Dons crack the top 20 and are 18th in Europe. Hibs also had there best season ever jumping almost 50 places to 69th. Motherwell & St Johnstone improve a little while the old firm drop 2 places each.







Awards




SPL Player of the year
Matthias Klein
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The Australlian wins his 4th award but not by much over his front 4 sidekicks






SPL Young Player of the year
Nikola Pajic
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He would have been close to a clean sweep of top scorer, player and young player in his 1st season if Klein had injury problems like last season. Still our 6th winner from Aberdeen in a row






SPL Top Scorer
Matthias Klein
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Make that 6 in a row for our Fosters drinking hero among men. But how many more will he win? His LONG term replacement Ross Douglas got 23 at a horrific Kilmarnock side. Will he be good enough to be my no2 next season or will he go out on loan? Biggest call of the summer for me.






Scottish team of the year
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Like last year 10/11 come from Pittodrie however with Douglas getting the 11th spot i'm claiming all 11 for the Dons



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[Mr_Grieves]

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The Squad
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A nice mix of experiance and youth. The new players Middleton, Connolly, Neil, Smith and McIlroy while at the other end only Grant Hanley & Liam Cooper are the only 2 players over 31 that may be looking at there last campaign. Only tough call was Aberdeen Grangier or Arsenal Tierney and i went with the safe bet of a player who knows my counter attacking system better than most



Group Draw
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We kick off against old foe's Lithuania before it gets real against Portugal the favorites for the group and then we finish up against a Wales team that's done nothing but improve since we began in the same qualifying group 2 years ago.



Warm up games



Scotland 1-3 Belgium
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Belgium are one of the favorites. Not sure how were going to combat the top teams.


Scotland 1-1 Romania
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A late goal earned us a draw but this had not been very encouraging warm up games.



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[Mr_Grieves]

Group Phase




Match 1

Lithuainia 2-4 Scotland
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3 goals in the first 14 minutes meant we could rest as much as possible for the rest of the match . Was edgy for a while as Lithuania scored twice after the break but Cummings headed home the 4th to secure 3 points from our easiest match


Portugal show why there one of the favorites by destroying Wales
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Match 2

Scotland 0-2 Portugal
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We gve as goo as we got and fought hard but in the end this talented Portuguese side were too good for us and it will come down to a winner take all match with Wales to guarantee a last 16 place but with us both on 3 points a draw maybe the best result for the Unionist among us.

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Match 3
Scotland 1-0 Wales
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What a fight we were in to secure 2nd spot. A tight nervous game looked to be slipping away from us as Martin neil was sent off with under 20 minutes to go i was just waiting for Wales to get there revenge but it was my first sub Jason Cummings on for the injured Connolly that scored the games only goal. Wales gave it some shot in the final 10 minutes but sealed there own fate as they got a red card too right at the death.


Final table
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I'd say this is exactly how it was expected to pan out. Wales also got through as one of the best 3rd placed teams.



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[Mr_Grieves]

Last 16


Germany vs France is the only mega power match. We face Belgium who thumped us 3-1 in a warm up game at Hampden 3 weeks ago.

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Scotland Vs Belgium
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Scotland 0-5 Belgium
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Could there be worse way to go out? Hanley decided that i would end his international career 10 minutes into this game. We held on well till the stroke of half time where the **** fell out of our defense with Ogigi & Bouabdellah turning a 1 goal Belgian lead into a 3 goal Belgian lead. Once the 4th went in it was time to rest give some youngsters a turn an forget about this summer.



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[Mr_Grieves]

Pre Season 2024/25




All the old, over 30's players are sold as the last batch of EU players burst into the team. We also lost our best midfielder that will almost pay for the new stadium himself.


Euro 2024
Holland 1-2 Portugal
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Manager Changes
Massimo Allegri - England
Laurent Blanc - Belgium
Luciano Spalletti - Sweden
Claude Puel - France
Stefan Kuntz - Germany <My favorite
Rafa Benitez - Spain
M Laudrup - Celta Vigo
Didier Deschamps - Southampton
Gareth Southgate - Liverpool
Paulo Sousa - Bilbao
Fran Escriba - Malaga


Pep was sacked by Spain, Southgate (England) & Laudrup (France) resigned to return to club football






Season Targets
SPL - Winners
Scottish Cup - Win
League Cup - Win
Champions League - Quarter Finals


Very few changes with the squad so Scotland should easily bring home another treble. European football without Richard may be tougher but i really want to reach a final soon otherwise we'll be looking at a rip it up and start again job.. Q/F is probably the best we can do talent wise.






Pre season friendly's
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We won every game thumping every team along the way even though we didnt play any side that would be in the later stages of the Europa League






Pre Season Prices
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3/1 for Aberdeen??? these bookies must be almost skint. Rest of the top 6 is fair enough apart. Celtic have a slightly better squad than Rangers and so on. Forfar, newbies Hamilton & Raith are expected to struggle most. Raith and Forfar will need to work miracles to survive although Raith have solidly been in the league for 6 seasons now.






Aberdeen Transfers
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IN


Daniel Arrieta - ML
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Backup/ future replacement for Lozano if he works out. Getting injured for 4 months is not the way to start his time at the club.


2 Players join the youth & Loan team out of the 14 we agreed terms with these were the only ones that got work permits. Chubby face Pedro Sousa looks great and is already progressing quick and Chris Mitchell rejoins after almost a week as a free agent
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Out
Not even close to the £64m we made in 2021 before the grip of Brexit ruined out money making ways but we lost the best player i've let go in the save so far. In three season Thierry Richard developed into my best player running the middle of the park. The league's Iniesta earning 11 caps along the way. Last season he joined the list of Klien, Hock and several others over the year in demanding a move and unlike the others he could not be convinced to stay and with 12 months left on his deal i had to accept a £25m & heeps of future incentive style deal from Chelsea. With our depth in midfield as well as his abysmal disciplinary record last year, 3 red cards he will not be as disastrous a loss as any of the other players that have recently requested a move.
David Mitchell was the longest serving player we sold. 7 years mostly as the back up wing back come to a end as again entering the last years of his contract and youth players desperate for a chance to take his spot moving him was the best thing for him and the squad. Next up was Paul Hay. Singed in 2019 he never played a 1st team game for Aberdeen. Came of age last season on loan to Falkirk and interest from Championship teams offering £5m was impossible to ignore for a player that was at best 4th in line to Klein's thrown. Another youngster who never worked out was Tony McBride who moved on to Dundee to try and make a career that was never happening at Pittodrie. Finally the 3 oldies. Little to say for Ayoze Perez 1 season full of injurys seen him make 24 appearances and score a respectful 7 goals. £4m to West ham was a good return for a man we picked out of the skip.



Ben Gibson & Borja Garcia
Two players who transformed the club in 2019. Following our 1st league title win we needed to add quality to the defense and a multi skilled attacking midfielder that could do a job all over the shop. Both did an amazing job and its so sad to see leaders of the club on both ends move on but it was only fair to give them one more crack at 1st team football as Vallecano & Aston villa can hopefully keep them busy till they retire to coach with me in the future.




Ben Gibson
P163 Ave 7.14
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Bora Garcia
P172 G64 Ave 7.47
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World Transfers
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PSG break the bank to sign Chelsea's Jorge Mere for £63m. Also signing a regular buy of mine David Carmona.

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Man city & Barcelona join the party in July. Pol Lirola possibly the best young RB in the game moving to ******. Chelsea buy the best young player i never managed to get a look in Steve Holmes Derbys top sorer since he was 18 already got 3 England caps. Scary prospect.






SPL Transfers
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Its all about Aberdeen this summer. Outside Pittodrie Celtic make the most interesting move by adding Jacob Murphy a wonderkid in years gone by and even more impressive they kept there two star players Torres & Kongolo while also adding 33 year old Nathanial Clyne to there defense. They look a clear 2nd best now. Rangers & Hearts do little sticking mostly to loaning youths from England while Rangers pick up ancient Scottish CB Liam Cooper. Hibs add a interesting English prospect named Eddie Hargreaves whilst being the quietest of the top 5. Forfar and Hamilton feeling the danger bought the most players to try and survive.






Squad
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Only change is Pajic living up to his potential and taking the AMR spot. Jose Henrique's potential makes the blow of loosing Richard hurt a lot less.




Youth team
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Depth is at an all time low with the work permit situation becoming impossible.






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[Mr_Grieves]

August




We dropped points to Morton away. These guys just down want to break records anymore do they?




Fixtures


Celtic 0-3 Aberdeen
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Could not have wrote a better start to the season. Our toughest game out of the way and we trounced the team we expect will challenge us


Betfred Cup 2nd Round
Forfar 0-3 Aberdeen
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Aberdeen 2-0 Dundee
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Morton 1-1 Aberdeen
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I expect to come through August with a perfect haul of points only playing 1 game a week but Morton punished our failure to score a 2nd goal


Aberdeen 3-1 Hamilton
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This was a "character building" moment the cat get's taken to the vet and is kept overnight, not due to getting kicked when Henrique got red carded a week after failing to stop diving into tackle's. At least we won!






SPFL Table
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Falkirk led by a suddenly goal hungry Ryan Hardie join us at the top with most the usual suspects in tow. With the exception of Celtic down in the bottom half but only 5 points off top spot.






Champions League draw


First the news were now No2 seeds but only just!
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Felt quite good getting Leverkusen till i seen there squad. Dang there for real. Marseille's will put up a fight for 2nd spot. They are very strong 3rd seeds and i'd say slightly stronger than our team. Basel are Basel.

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August Transfers




World transfers
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SPL Transfers
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Rangers invest there incomings for the month but also sell there long term keeper Ross McCrorie






Aberdeen
I didnt buy anyone as i just wanted to get to the end of the month and get going with the save. Either Bentaleb or Smith had to go this summer and i was happier with the offers for the French striker so he's off to join a gravyard of former Dons strikers at Liverpool



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[Klippybo]

Remind me to get you to load up your game next time you are over. Interested to see those regens that you have

 

[Mr_Grieves]

Scotland
September Fixtures




Squad



Friendly
Holland 2-1 Scotland
We came so close to getting a result against one of the Euro 2024 finalist

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European League Div B Match 1
Scotland 5-2 Austria
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European League Div B Match 1
Scotland 5-2 Austria
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Feared the worst when Forthaus gave Austria a half time lead. In the 2nd half however we played the best half of football i can remember in the national colors.





Table
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Nothing to get excited about at this stage. 2nd place is the target as we'd get humped all over again in Group A



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